A half decades of civil war and 2 world wars 1st surely unscathed now its fate lies in the hands of a few volunteers and some talented craftsman. Beiruts nobility this old merchant family made their fortune in the Ottoman Empire over the centuries theyve collected treasures from around the world which now need saving. Every generation has added something and also in the process has for story so its been a. Evolution of a collection of people that lived in the house over the time almost everything was impacted and its just. Unbelievable. Every day in coming to months lets deal find something that i didnt notice its a new crime that i didnt see that was there her family was also torn apart marys mother in law lady evil and so cochrane a legendary figure in beirut society died from injuries she sustained in the explosion and mary 2 was badly hurt. I believe. For the blasts were directly in front of the silo on 50 meters and i lost consciousness or in seconds. I. Broke my my elbow and attendance dislocated and i punctured a couple ribs broken as well as cuts from glass. Im just lucky i didnt have all glass in my face because i open the door to the balcony. Roofs must be covered in Cultural Treasures secured before beiruts rainy season begins. In the right state can see that hes going to be easy going right so then youre. Right area 2 i dont like i mean its not just us i think everybody in beirut feels like their soul has been severely injured. Mean mecca haun is an engineer whos working fervently to save beiruts Cultural Heritage the banners hanging on badly damaged buildings around to the port i meant to give people hard. To fit into to raise again so. You know heres a theory creaky to connect to to nudge and to to hold so to music and sometimes with a near. Miss really a few. People. In this spirit. And certainly we. Would really help you can provide. You can bring in enough things to hold on. To the extent of the devastation is almost in comprehensible. As mean mcelhone isnt alone she has a crisis group which analyzes the damaged. Collects donations and coordinates reconstruction efforts. Everyone here is working pro bono voluntarily and for free. Act the Crisis Center the group has noted the situation of every single building 8000 of them need restoring as a result of the explosion. From here or the blast. Heated. In a very strong way we have more than 100. 00 unit in very critical situation when the rains come the foundations of these 100 buildings could be damaged beyond repair and then trying to run to put on brain visiting. To run as fast as possible thats why we look at the forecast every day to see if we have one thing or 2 theres more and to protect as much as fast as possible. For us me mecca on these buildings are more than just ruins. In your. Example of one of the most collapsed building that. They are bringing me. A sense of flying still being didnt go through with a sense of leaving. And say bringing me from the past all the memories of space how the spirits of the sea and inhaled it to the news or wish to not say is too much to stop and its all over and its not enough to try. Yasmeen meco on hasnt got around to examining all the buildings yet today shes a Company Architect Michele Dougherty at the neighborhood where tiny high x. Houses in the world of vision are together they plan to assess the damage and see what they can do about it. Emergency actions in order to help the host who want to do winter they can also get only when you enter the hospital you dont look at the people that have a small injury you put them aside and say wait you go to the very. Very. Endangered ones so what thats what we have got so lets go inside just to see the sham money and also. Some gear. This kind of heritage its a living home because it is do a house of the grandmother grandfather its out of the anchor. Such a hater jeez its even the most important thing to keep you can may have no money but if you have your history or your roots you belong to me. Tony hajek had just renovated his home there was. Nothing at the heart of the lace arriving as we underestimated the damage. Its beyond what we thought our capabilities could handle. Hello we have to remove all of this honestly we are looking for the minimum amount of work that can keep a building standing and covered through the rain. Its so easy to take your case and the. Strain on the going to blame leaving but its more difficult to stay and to face. Ok michelle is coming for free and we support them with Construction Materials but they fuse is short they count each plank each beam thats holding the 1st. One to be added to the metal they have tony we cant blame anyone were all on the ground. Not a lot of just to be clear the mission isnt to rebuild the house on the job we just prevented from collapsing and people standing for that we had deep tourney high accused to be a successful businessman now hes reliant on you. As means help. This is if you wish to move. Your money out the bank you. Were writing to her. I will never. Know why the government should be doing with your. Word. For months lebanon has been might in a deep economic and financial crisis thats because the banks loaned out more money than they actually possessed so customers can no longer withdraw large amounts from their accounts because banks like the cash they can only take out small sums in the National Currency the lebanese pound. That also applies to wealthy families like the sussex so in beirut everyone is currently in need of assistance the World Bank Estimates that the blast cost some 4600000000. 00 in damage. You dont have the financial means to be stored its entire house its going to take millions and tens of millions and we dont have. Are not these days the only ray of hope is the solidarity among the people here but your time its being volunteered to help weve really seen the worst of the worst of what we have and ive been on which is anything. Corrupt political political system and nongovernment and weve got great lebanese volunteer ng to come and save the house so we have to thank you thank you very much. A few days later so so palace is hosting one of the 1st events to take place off of the blast a workshop for traumatized children they draw whatever is troubling the images of death and destruction. Role of the organizers chose the palace for its heritage. Ok so did you see the man get thrown across the square. Oh sweetheart you see how much kids there are blowing. Their emotions the sadness and anger inside them i wanted a place authentic i wanted a place its ahead of the tough lebannon its. Destroyed and this is what this is the purpose of my is an. Architecture belongs to everybody. The fact that we can share the space with people inside out what makes it important and what makes it go on living its nice to have life back in the garden. You know. Plaintiffs your country. Will make you rich unless you say to. The told of west coast of coming 2000 so that investors make big promises but heres later reality looks very different the 1st good Drinking Water shortage caused. The oil services. In 15 minutes on d. W. Slick. Listen carefully to. The soon. To be a good. Old fashioned. Discovery. Subscribe to a documentary on you tube. In the far north. Its lonely. And breathtakingly beautiful. The arctic. To take a journey around the north pole meet profiteers and talk with people experiencing a changing environment. The ice disappears earlier and it keeps retreating our future. What happens here. Northern watch within the 4 to Circle Sports december 21st t. W. Played. This is d w news live from berlin the results are in for venezuelas parliamentary elections president Nicolas Maduro socialist party wins control of the National Assembly the Opposition Boycott of the vote as a sham which is more power for mother little mean for the nation also coming up the threat of a no deal divorce mouths with talks stalled and the
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